title: The occurrence of cerebrovascular atherosclerosis in Alzheimer's disease patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Both Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cerebrovascular atherosclerosis (CA) contributed to dementia in an aged population. Whether they share the same mechanism is unknown.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Our goal was to explore the occurrence rates of CA in AD patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here we examined the degree of CA in different groups of AD patients with contrast angiography. Ninety-three AD patients were recruited to the present study. Contrast computed tomography scanning and contrast angiography were performed for CA analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that the cerebrovascular plaques were common in AD patients, which was partly correlated with the severity of AD (as determined by cognitive decline).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We concluded that vascular dementia may partly correlate with AD pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Information, General Hospital of Jinan Military Command, Jinan, People's Republic of China;
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Ge
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Yingjia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Changxing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications*; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; aging; cerebrovascular atherosclerosis; patients